Syria | Assad flees to Moscow as rebels capture Damascus

[Postman Pep]

 

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Syrian rebels name interim PM as Middle East nations say Israel 'exploiting' Assad's downfall

Mohammed al-Bashir, who previously governed a small pocket of rebel-held territory, will be interim prime minister until March.

www.bbc.co.uk

Israel's defence minister is warning that it will not allow "an extremist Islamic terrorist entity" to threaten its borders and citizens.

Israel Katz's comments come after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) acknowledged earlier for the first time that its troops are operating beyond the demilitarised buffer zone in the Golan Heights.

In a press release, Katz went on to confirm that the Israeli military has been operating in recent days in Syria to "damage and destroy strategic capabilities" that it views as a threat.

"Whoever follows Assad's path will end up like Assad", Katz says, in a warning to Syria's new rebel leaders.

He adds that the IDF has been instructed to create a "sterile defence zone" in southern Syria "without a permanent Israeli presence".

Katz says this is to protect the residents of the Golan Heights as well Israeli citizens.

 

[SiMCFC]

Personally getting a bit pissed off with Israel overreaching constantly. At what point do other Nations start calling them terrorists?

 

[BlueHammer85]

Personally getting a bit pissed off with Israel overreaching constantly. At what point do other Nations start calling them terrorists?

Whilst true they are being surrounded by countries that want to murder them constantly.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Whilst true they are being surrounded by countries that want to murder them constantly.

From their own POV.

Doesn't the same apply to The Third Reich and Putanist Russia?

 

[SiMCFC]

Whilst true they are being surrounded by countries that want to murder them constantly.

Well they haven't exactly made a good start with the new regime in Syria have they? Good or bad, bombing the fuck out of them before they have even begun to implement how they want to run the Country seems counter productive to me!

 

[west didsblue]

Civil and military aircraft are required to have an Identity, fried or foe transponder (IFF). IFF is the aircrafts air traffic control transponder. Civil IFF has 3 modes. Mode A provides basic identity using a 4 digit code. Mode C provides additional speed, heading and altitude and Mode S provides more detailed information such as serviceability status messages. To fly in civil air lanes, aircraft are required to have a minimum of Mode C.

The transponder works by transmitting data from the aircraft in response to an interrogation signal from either the ground or another aircraft. It is possible to mess with the IFF mode C by altering the barometric altimeters pressure setting onboard the aircraft but it's highly dangerous as the aircrafts altimeter would be wildly inaccurate.

Mode C altitude transmitted by the transponder is referenced to the standard pressure (1013.25), and ATC applies the appropriate correction based on QNH. So it’s not possible for it to be messed with on the aircraft. A pilot can only mess with the altitude he sees on his altimeter by adjusting the Baroset incorrectly.
There’s a few other minor inaccuracies but I won’t be too pedantic and correct them!

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Mode C altitude transmitted by the transponder is referenced to the standard pressure (1013.25), and ATC applies the appropriate correction based on QNH. So it’s not possible for it to be messed with on the aircraft. A pilot can only mess with the altitude he sees on his altimeter by adjusting the Baroset incorrectly.
There’s a few other minor inaccuracies but I won’t be too pedantic and correct them!

I was under the impression that you can 'frig' the mode C altitude if you pull a particular CB, which causes the system to revert to the aircraft pressure setting for reference? Again, that may be inaccurate.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Syrian rebels name interim PM as Middle East nations say Israel 'exploiting' Assad's downfall

Mohammed al-Bashir, who previously governed a small pocket of rebel-held territory, will be interim prime minister until March.

www.bbc.co.uk

"Whoever follows Assad's path will end up like Assad", Katz says, in a warning to Syria's new rebel leaders.

He says, as if they had anything to do with him being ousted.

 

[Postman Pep]

Whilst true they are being surrounded by countries that want to murder them constantly.

They could always try to be better neighbours. The family next door you have despised for over 50 years finally gets evicted what do you do?
Wait and see what the new tenants are like or annex a chunk of their garden and torch their kitchen and bathroom before they've even moved in?

 

[west didsblue]

I was under the impression that you can 'frig' the mode C altitude if you pull a particular CB, which causes the system to revert to the aircraft pressure setting for reference? Again, that may be inaccurate.

Not all aircraft installations are the same.

Mode S is required in most airspace anyway and if I remember correctly it usually provides both 1013 referenced and Baro corrected altitude (or just the baro correction that’s been set - can’t remember which). It’s very unlikely that his aircraft wouldn’t have been equipped with a Mode S transponder.

It would not be at all straightforward to frig transponder transmissions.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Not all aircraft installations are the same.

Mode S is required in most airspace anyway and if I remember correctly it usually provides both 1013 referenced and Baro corrected altitude (or just the baro correction that’s been set - can’t remember which). It’s very unlikely that his aircraft wouldn’t have been equipped with a Mode S transponder.

It would not be at all straightforward to frig transponder transmissions.

I definitely know it isn't straightforward. I just seem to vaguely recall something from a course I did over 25 years ago when I was working on B707.

 

[west didsblue]

I definitely know it isn't straightforward. I just seem to vaguely recall something from a course I did over 25 years ago when I was working on B707.

I suspect a 707 would have had a Gilham code connection between the encoder and transponder and cutting one or more of the wires would make it transmit the wrong altitude. These days it’s nearly all serial digital and it’s very unlikely you’d find that sort of installation.

 

[Blumooniac]

I was under the impression that you can 'frig' the mode C altitude if you pull a particular CB, which causes the system to revert to the aircraft pressure setting for reference? Again, that may be inaccurate.

Not all aircraft installations are the same.

Mode S is required in most airspace anyway and if I remember correctly it usually provides both 1013 referenced and Baro corrected altitude (or just the baro correction that’s been set - can’t remember which). It’s very unlikely that his aircraft wouldn’t have been equipped with a Mode S transponder.

It would not be at all straightforward to frig transponder transmissions.

This is why I love this place.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

I suspect a 707 would have had a Gilham code connection between the encoder and transponder and cutting one or more of the wires would make it transmit the wrong altitude. These days it’s nearly all serial digital and it’s very unlikely you’d find that sort of installation.

Those 707's were full of Kapton insulated wiring. Absolutely horrible to work on. I think two of three of them are still flying although I believe most if not all of the Kapton has been replaced.

 

[west didsblue]

Those 707's were full of Kapton insulated wiring. Absolutely horrible to work on. I think two of three of them are still flying although I believe most if not all of the Kapton has been replaced.

I remember there was a big push to get rid of kapton wiring in the late 80s. Like you say, very difficult to work with.
Tbf this is a bit of a digression from discussing Syria!

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Just been hearing on the radio that Syria has a tradition of inclusivity so all will be well. Not sure everyone realises the new management are basically ISIS/al Qaeda.

 

[.db.]

A couple of things that don't really make sense with this, all these prisons being opened and everyone being freed, is there nobody in the prison for doing bad things? All just imprisoned by the bad guy because he didn't like them?
And why did asaads lot just give up all of a sudden? Doesn't sound like there was much of a battle for Damascus, sounds like the rebels just drove in and asaads lot just legged it, why didn't the rebels try that before? All seems a little strange

Many of them in the gaols will be from ISIS and from other terrorist organisations.

That’s why Saudi Arabia behead them. No chance of someone coming along and freeing them when they’ve got no nappa.

 

[west didsblue]

Many of them in the gaols will be from ISIS and from other terrorist organisations.

That’s why Saudi Arabia behead them. No chance of someone coming along and freeing them when they’ve got no nappa.

I suspect most ISIS would have been killed rather than captured. Most in jail are probably people seen as a threat to the former regime for mostly innocuous reasons.

 

[hilts]

Just been hearing on the radio that Syria has a tradition of inclusivity so all will be well. Not sure everyone realises the new management are basically ISIS/al Qaeda.

Maybe they can rebrand like Opal Fruits?